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Build Your System Quickly with GL Solutions, Federal Funding
States are in a perfect position to address pent-up technology needs. In response to the COVID pandemic, Congress has directed hundreds of billions of dollars toward state and local governments, most recently through the American Rescue Plan Act. Regulatory agencies...

Retailer Portal Eases Background Checks, Cuts Data Entry
Preserving public safety is the most important function of a weapons licensing system. But it isn’t the only one. Even as it keeps dangerous people from acquiring weapons, a licensing system must support a seamless experience for people who are entitled to own...

Track confiscated weapons in police custody
Without adequate internal tracking and controls, weapons can threaten public safety – and police officers themselves – even after they’ve been confiscated. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office discovered this in November 2018 following a pursuit that ended in a...

A weapons licensing system for agencies with complex needs
Regulatory agencies must respond quickly to legislative changes. These days, few issues are receiving more attention from state and federal lawmakers than those involving weapons. The U.S. House of Representatives recently approved a bill that would expand background...

Fast, thorough background checks keep officers, public safe
Whether your state controls access to firearms tightly or allows adults to carry concealed weapons without obtaining a license, law enforcement officials and retailers need to perform background checks quickly and accurately. They can do this and much more with GL...

Solve Crimes Quickly with Accurate Firearms Tracing
Even as nonviolent crime dipped across the country in 2020, homicides soared. Over the first nine months of the year, the number of killings exceed 2019 numbers by almost 21%, according to The Washington Post. The trend affected small cities as well as large ones....

Keep Officers, Public Safe with Comprehensive Weapons Licensing
Sales of handguns and other weapons are setting records in many states. In January, the Federal Bureau of Investigation performed more than 4.3 million background checks related to firearm transfers – nearly 60 percent more than in January 2020. Amid this surge,...

Web portals make communicating easy
The screenshot below illustrates the convenience of communicating with licensees through self-service Web portals. It shows part of a screen within a portal GL Solutions built for a client that licenses residential facilities, among other things. The Web portal’s...

Support remote work, go paperless with document management
The COVID pandemic has changed the way regulatory agencies work. More than ever before, licensing officials must be able to do their jobs from home. And to help staff work remotely, regulatory agencies must wean themselves from paper documents. It’s not easy for...

Store emails automatically
GL Suite allows users to email notifications and other correspondences to thousands of licensees at a time with little or no effort. The application can save even more work by storing those emails automatically along with related records in the system. What does...